Judge McAfee Drops Some Charges In Trump Georgia Case

Judge McAfee, the Fulton County judge overseeing the Fulton County, Georgia RICO case against Donald Trump and a slew of co-defendants, dropped 6 of the 41 counts today, 3 of which pertain to Donald Trump.

Confusing, I know.

But it is actually not a huge deal, because a litany of bigger charges remain. The Washington Post reports that 3 of the 13 charges Trump were facing were dropped (all 6 do not apply to him).

All 6 of the charges that were dropped deal with "pressure that Trump or five of his co-defendants allegedly put on state officials to change the results" of the 2020 election. But, the judge made clear that “This does not mean the entire indictment is dismissed.” And in fact, prosecutors can still present evidence related to the charges that were dropped, that just cannot be charged with them.

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